Weekly Email

In the last year or so, when in Paris I’ve explored parts I’d never really spent much time in before. Whenever I do this I make sure I have some purpose to going otherwise I end up by wandering aimlessly. That purpose might be to visit a museum, gallery or park, to look for new […]

This week Mike & I are spending a couple of days in Amboise, in the Loire Valley, before returning to business in Paris. The last time we were in Amboise was 1980 on our first trip to France. We decided it was time to return particularly since it’s only hour by train from Paris to Tours […]

As promised last week, today I’m coming back to the Loire Valley today. As I said in my earlier email we had no set plans as it seems most tourists do when in the Loire. On our second day we picked Château de Chenonceau. It’s the fairy tale like chateau that you’re most likely to […]

La Promenade Plantée probably isn’t something you’d do on your first or second trip to Paris but something I’d recommend if you’ve been to Paris several times, are wanting to go a little off the beaten track and like gardens and walking. I think about it as the day I walked several kilometres too far […]